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wayside shrine

religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway
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wayside shrine

Summary

wayside shrine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wayside shrine is a type of shrine[2].
  • wayside shrine is a type of small monument[3].
  • wayside shrine's Commons category is recorded as Wayside shrines[4].
  • wayside shrine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wayside shrines[5].
  • wayside shrine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=wayside_shrine[6].
  • wayside shrine's different from is recorded as tree shrine[7].
  • wayside shrine's different from is recorded as wayside cross[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include shrine[2] and small monument[3].

Why It Matters

wayside shrine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wayside-shrine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wayside shrine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wayside-shrine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6272
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → tree shrine, wayside cross
    Topic's main category → Category:Wayside shrines
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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